netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v12 2/5] netvsc: refactor notifier/event handling code to use the failover framework

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Message-ID: <20180525153456.28b44c7c@xeon-e3>
Date:   Fri, 25 May 2018 15:34:56 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, kubakici@...pl, jasowang@...hat.com,
        loseweigh@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, aaron.f.brown@...el.com,
        anjali.singhai@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v12 2/5] netvsc: refactor notifier/event
 handling code to use the failover framework

On Thu, 24 May 2018 09:55:14 -0700
Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig
> @@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ config HYPERV_NET
>  	tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V virtual network driver"
>  	depends on HYPERV
>  	select UCS2_STRING
> +	select FAILOVER

When I take a working kernel config, add the patches then do
make oldconfig

It is not autoselecting FAILOVER, it prompts me for it. This means
if user says no then a non-working netvsc device is made.